| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Prevalence of Hearing Loss in Older Adults in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin: The Epidemiology of Hearing Loss Study | American Journal of Epidemiology | 1998 | 969 |
| 2 | The Five-year Incidence and Progression of Age-related Maculopathy | Ophthalmology | 1997 | 888 |
| 3 | The epidemiology of age-related macular degeneration | American Journal of Ophthalmology | 2004 | 794 |
| 4 | Hyperglycemie and Microvascular and Macrovascular Disease in Diabetes | Diabetes Care | 1995 | 789 |
| 5 | The Wisconsin epidemiologic study of diabetic retinopathy: XVII | Ophthalmology | 1998 | 658 |
| 6 | The Wisconsin Epidemiologic Study of Diabetic Retinopathy XV | Ophthalmology | 1995 | 639 |
| 7 | The 14-year incidence of visual loss in a diabetic population, | Ophthalmology | 1998 | 528 |
| 8 | The treatment of traumatic optic neuropathy | Ophthalmology | 1999 | 505 |
| 9 | The Wisconsin Epidemiologic Study of Diabetic Retinopathy | JAMA Ophthalmology | 1994 | 459 |
| 10 | Ten-year incidence and progression of age-related maculopathy: The Beaver Dam eye study1 1The authors have no proprietary interest in the products or devices mentioned herein. | Ophthalmology | 2002 | 459 |
| 11 | The 30-Year Natural History of Type 1 Diabetes Complications: The Pittsburgh Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications Study Experience | Diabetes | 2006 | 418 |
| 12 | Components of the Metabolic Syndrome and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes in Beaver Dam | Diabetes Care | 2002 | 408 |
| 13 | The epidemiology of retinal vein occlusion: the Beaver Dam Eye Study | Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society | 2000 | 373 |
| 14 | Are Retinal Arteriolar Abnormalities Related to Atherosclerosis? | Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology | 2000 | 286 |
| 15 | The relationship of age-related maculopathy, cataract, and glaucoma to visual acuity | Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science | 1995 | 272 |
| 16 | Low Prevalence of Hearing Aid Use Among Older Adults with Hearing Loss: The Epidemiology of Hearing Loss Study | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society | 1998 | 263 |
| 17 | Serum Antioxidants and Age-Related Macular Degeneration in a Population-Based Case-Control Study | JAMA Ophthalmology | 1995 | 260 |
| 18 | Incidence of Dry Eye in an Older Population | JAMA Ophthalmology | 2004 | 259 |
| 19 | Lutein and Zeaxanthin in the Diet and Serum and Their Relation to Age-related Maculopathy in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey | American Journal of Epidemiology | 2001 | 257 |
| 20 | Performance-based and self-assessed measures of visual function as related to history of falls, hip fractures, and measured gait time | Ophthalmology | 1998 | 256 |
| 21 | Are Inflammatory Factors Related to Retinal Vessel Caliber? | JAMA Ophthalmology | 2006 | 256 |
| 22 | Open-angle Glaucoma and Older-onset Diabetes | Ophthalmology | 1994 | 251 |
| 23 | Intraocular pressure and systemic blood pressure: longitudinal perspective: the Beaver Dam Eye Study | British Journal of Ophthalmology | 2005 | 234 |
| 24 | Refractive status in the Beaver Dam Eye Study | Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science | 1994 | 232 |
| 25 | The association of cardiovascular disease with the long-term incidence of age-related maculopathy | Ophthalmology | 2003 | 229 |
| 26 | Changes in Visual Acuity in a Population | Ophthalmology | 1996 | 228 |
| 27 | Relationship of Hyperglycemia to the Long-term Incidence and Progression of Diabetic Retinopathy | Archives of Internal Medicine | 1994 | 226 |
| 28 | Diabetes, cardiovascular disease, selected cardiovascular disease risk factors, and the 5-year incidence of age-related cataract and progression of lens opacities: the beaver dam eye study | American Journal of Ophthalmology | 1998 | 220 |
| 29 | Associations between Antioxidant and Zinc Intake and the 5-Year Incidence of Early Age-related Maculopathy in the Beaver Dam Eye Study | American Journal of Epidemiology | 1998 | 219 |
| 30 | The Relation of Retinal Vessel Caliber to the Incidence and Progressionof Diabetic Retinopathy | JAMA Ophthalmology | 2004 | 218 |
| 31 | Frailty, morbidity and survival | Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics | 2005 | 214 |
| 32 | Associations of visual function with physical outcomes and limitations 5 years later in an older population | Ophthalmology | 2003 | 213 |
| 33 | Human Serum Carotenoid Concentrations Are Related to Physiologic and Lifestyle Factors | Journal of Nutrition | 1996 | 210 |
| 34 | Age-related maculopathy in a multiracial United States population | Ophthalmology | 1999 | 208 |
| 35 | Cardiovascular Disease, Mortality, and Retinal Microvascular Characteristics in Type 1 Diabetes | Archives of Internal Medicine | 2004 | 205 |
| 36 | Ten-year Incidence of Visual Loss in a Diabetic Population | Ophthalmology | 1994 | 197 |
| 37 | Association of Ocular Disease and Mortality in a Diabetic Population | JAMA Ophthalmology | 1999 | 196 |
| 38 | The association of cardiovascular disease with the long-term incidence of age-related maculopathy | Ophthalmology | 2003 | 195 |
| 39 | Retinal Precursors and the Development of Geographic Atrophy in Age-Related Macular Degeneration | Ophthalmology | 2008 | 191 |
| 40 | Swelling and Loss of Photoreceptors in Chronic Human and Experimental Glaucomas | JAMA Ophthalmology | 2000 | 184 |
| 41 | Age-Related Eye Disease and Survival | JAMA Ophthalmology | 1995 | 173 |
| 42 | The Relationship of Ocular Factors to the Incidence and Progression of Age-Related Maculopathy | JAMA Ophthalmology | 1998 | 170 |
| 43 | Apoptosis of Retinal Ganglion Cells in Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy | JAMA Ophthalmology | 1996 | 168 |
| 44 | Incidence of Cataract Surgery in the Wisconsin Epidemiologic Study of Diabetic Retinopathy | American Journal of Ophthalmology | 1995 | 164 |
| 45 | Long-term Effects of Therapy with Ranibizumab on Diabetic Retinopathy Severity and Baseline Risk Factors for Worsening Retinopathy | Ophthalmology | 2015 | 164 |
| 46 | Dissection of Genomewide-Scan Data in Extended Families Reveals a Major Locus and Oligogenic Susceptibility for Age-Related Macular Degeneration | American Journal of Human Genetics | 2004 | 162 |
| 47 | The Relation of Cardiovascular Disease and Its Risk Factors to the 5-year Incidence of Age-related Maculopathy | Ophthalmology | 1997 | 158 |
| 48 | The 14-year incidence of lower-extremity amputations in a diabetic population. The Wisconsin Epidemiologic Study of Diabetic Retinopathy | Diabetes Care | 1999 | 158 |
| 49 | Changes in visual acuity in a population over a 10-year period1 1Each author states that he/she has no proprietary interest in any aspect of this work. | Ophthalmology | 2001 | 155 |
| 50 | The Association of Glycemia and Cause-Specific Mortality in a Diabetic Population | Archives of Internal Medicine | 1994 | 152 |
